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birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
The council leader said the authority ‘was proud’ to support its neighbouring council, but others have suggested the move undermines the strikeBins brimming with rubbish in Selly Oak, Birmingham(Image: Nick Wilkinson/Birmingham Live)Walsall Council has opened up its two Household Waste and Recycling Centres for Birmingham residents in response to the ongoing bin strikes.
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1 week ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
Volunteers’ efforts to improve the pond were thwarted by vandalsWalsall Council has appealed for witnesses after a new community pond was destroyed by vandals. Improvement works had been carried out to the pond at Leamore Park recently by Starmac Surfacing Ltd. READ MORE: Housing plan updates for two former pub sites in BloxwichStarmac transformed it from an unusable site to a place for children to enjoy.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
The most recent salary data for Matrix Academy Trust from the financial year of 2023/24 states 13 staff members were paid between £80,000 and £150,000Teachers took to protest again against the alleged ‘lack of transparency’ around academisation plans for an SEN school in Rushall. Proposals for the Matrix Academy Trust to take on Elmwood SEMH School on King George Crescent were revealed last year.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
The former Leathern Bottle site on Cresswell Crescent, and Bloxwich's Royal British Legion site on Broad Lane Gardens, will become housingCresswell Crescent in Mossley, Walsall(Image: Google)An ongoing concern over the lack of progress at a former pub site in Walsall was brought to a council meeting this week.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
Walsall Council had proposed moving the attraction to a more centrally-located mystery buildingWalsall Leather Museum on Littleton Street West, pictured October 2024A meeting over the future of the Walsall Leather Museum is expected to take place ‘imminently’, according to a Walsall Council portfolio holder. Councillor Gary Flint, portfolio holder for health and well being, confirmed this week that members will soon meet to discuss the future of Walsall’s top attraction.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
Councillor Nawaz called for a business case to be provided, detailing ‘straightforward’ answers on how much funding each pupil will receive after the transfer and senior staff salariesStriking Elmwood School staff outside Walsall Council house ahead of full council meeting on April 7(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service )Walsall councillors have rejected calls for transparency in the process of transferring a Rushall special needs school into an academy.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
The payout was in response to the ‘significant injustice’ the family had enduredWalsall Council House on Lichfield StreetWalsall Council has apologised and paid £6,000 to a family after a child missed a full year of secondary school. The Social Care Ombudsman recommended the payout in response to the ‘significant injustice’ the family had endured.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
Leader of the independent group at Walsall Council said: “This is about local democracy. Local people should have a say in the running of the children’s schools.”Protesters outside Walsall Council on March 25, 2025(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service )Another protest is set to take place tonight against plans to convert a Rushall SEND school into an academy. Teachers and other members of staff at Elmwood School on King George Crescent have been on strike since Tuesday, March 11.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
The committee decides on applications for licensable activities such as entertainment venues, sale of alcohol, taxis and private hire vehiclesWalsall Council House on Lichfield Street Walsall councillors have raised concerns over the lack of items coming before the licensing and safety committee. At the final meeting of the municipal year this week, members said agenda items over the last 12 months had been disappointing.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Rachel Alexander
Councillor Ward says the families of more than 1,000 people who died from covid across the borough of Walsall have been ‘forgotten about’The proposed location of the covid memorial trail, councillor Ward inset (Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service )Leader of Walsall’s labour group has slammed the council over the extensive delays in delivering a covid memorial trail at the Arboretum.
